ħu

See also: hu, hû, and hũ

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħuː/

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَخُو (ʔaḵū), construct form of أَخ (ʔaḵ, “brother”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾaḫ-.

Noun

1. brother; male sibling

   ħuk ― your bother

   ħu ommha ― her mother’s brother, her maternal uncle

Usage notes

• The singular of this word is used exclusively in the construct state, that is with a possessive suffix or with a following noun. The plural does not have this restriction, but it is equally the plural of oħt (“sister”) and thus means “siblings”. Meanings like “a brother” can only be paraphrased, e.g. wieħed mill-aħwa (literally “one of the siblings”). For “she has a brother”, one says għandha ħuha (literally “she has her brother”).

Inflection

Inflected forms of ħu
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		ħija		ħuna
2nd person		ħu		ħukom
3rd person		ħu	ħuha	ħuhom

Related terms

• oħt

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Verb

ħu

1. imperative singular of ħa